As the ice melts around New Orleans, schools will reopen and the disruption caused by the cold and rain will fade.

After life returns to normal, the snickering can begin in earnest about the Weather Channel's practice of naming winter storms. News personality Jim Cantore may have encountered a critic in Charleston, S.C.

Social media wags have already started. Keep in mind no one is minimizing the disruption caused by the storm. The target of the fun is the Weather Channel.

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